Europe – Simone Veil () is a station on Line 3 of the

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located in the

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Location

The station is located under Rue de Rome at its intersection with Rue de Madrid, west of Place de l'Europe. Approximately oriented along a north–south axis, it is located between Villiers and Saint-Lazare metro stations.

History

The station opened on 19 October 1904, nine days after the first section of Line 3 opened between

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and Villiers. It is named after the Place de l'Europe, a square from which streets named for various capitals of European countries radiate. This was the site of the first railway station in Paris, known as the ''embarcadère de l'Ouest'' ("Western platform"), the temporary terminus of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, opened in 1837. The new terminus of

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replaced it from 1842. As part of the RATP's ''Renouveau du métro'' renewal program, its corridors were renovated in March 2000. It was one of the stations to have platforms culturally developed for the centenary celebrations of the metro. On 25 April 2018, the president of the

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region Valérie Pécresse, announced that the metro station will be named ''Europe - Simone-Veil'', named after the former Minister of Health and first president of the European Parliament, deceased on 30 June 2017. The inauguration took place on 29 May 2018; the name of

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is now displayed as a subtitle on new plates, simultaneously with its attribution in Place de l'Europe on the same date in addition to its original name. It saw 1,694,103 travelers enter the station in 2018, which places it at the 273rd position of the metro stations for its traffic out of 302.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single entrance entitled ''Rue de Madrid'', leading to the right of No. 1 of this street. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with a Guimard entrance, which is the subject of a historical monuments decree of 29 May 1978.

Station layout

Platforms

Europe is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. If its decoration is classic with bevelled white tiles covering the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits, it has the particularity of being equipped with liquid crystal screens since the celebrations of the centenary of the metro, broadcasting short films or slideshows. Lighting is provided by two tube strips and the platforms are equipped with benches made of wooden slats. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameleld plates.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 66, 80, 94 and 95 of the

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and, at night, by Lines N02, N15, N16, N51 and N52 of the

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network.

Gallery

File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 3 - Europe 02.jpg, Line 3 platforms at Europe File:MF 67 ligne 3 Europe 01.ogg,

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rolling stock on Line 3 at Europe File:Paris metro3 - europe - entrance.jpg, Entrance to station

References

* Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Europe (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1904 Articles containing video clips